Machine for packaging rubber tires and similar articles



Sept. 2 1924.

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L. F. HINTZ MACHINE FOR PACKAGING RUBBER TIRES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 26, 1924 Sept. 2 1924, 1,507,376

L. F. HINTZ MACHINE FOR PACKAGING RUBBER TIRES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed Jan. 26 1924 3 Sheets-Shut. 3

Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY F. HINTZ, OF HIGHLAND PAR-K, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ALEC GERRABD, OF CHICAGO, ILL INOIS.

MACHINE FOR PACKAGING RUBBER TIRES m S fiILbB ARTICLES.

Application filed January 26, 1524. Serial no. sss,sa2.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that .I, Lnnor F. HINTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Packaging Rubber Tires and Similar Articles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invcntionrelates to a machine for packaging rubber tires and similar articles, and has for its object to improve the mechanisms of this character which have been heretofore proposed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel parts and combinations of parts constituting the invention, all as will be more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus made in accordance with this invention;

Fi ure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the parts in their operative positions;

Figure 3 illustrates the parts after a plurality of wires have been seemed in place ,around a plurality of tires and the tied bundle is ready for discharging from the machine;

Figure 4 illustrates the positions of the parts when the tied bundle is being discharged from the machine.

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the wire tying machine 18, showing the twisting mechanism; and Figure 6 is a. view of the twisted knot formed in the tie wire.

1 and 2 indicate any suitable base or frame members, in which are journalled the tire supporting rollers 3 and 4. Rising from one corner of said frame is the. suppo ting column 5 having the arm (5 from which extends the arm 7 and from said arm 7 hang the. yoke members 8 and 9 joined at their lower ends by the bolt 10. From the yoke 54 extends the guide rod 11, and pivoted on the bolt 10 are the lazy tongs 13. The lower end of said lazy tongs is provided with the guide lug 15 throng which passes said guide rod 11, and rigid with said In and lazy tongs is one member 16 of an a justable connection 17 between said lazy tongs and a wire tying machine 18. The other member 19 of said connection 17 is rigid with said machine 18, and the two ends of said members 16 and 19 are perforated and overlapped as shown, so that the distance between the ing 15 and the machine 18 may be varied at will to suit difi'erent sized packages.

20 indicates a supporting post. shorter than the column or post 5, which is located at another corner of the base or frame, so that the outc'n, tire 21 of the package 22 of tires may rest against said posts 5 and 20. Since the tire 21 is thus held in a vertical position, all the tires of the package are maintained in vertical positions by said members 5 and 21, while the bottom portions of the package 22 rests upon the rollers 3 and 4, which latter hold all of said tires in axial alignment. Between the end frame members 1 and 2 extends the pivoted rod 24, provided at one end with the slotted lever 25, and between its ends beneath the package 22 with the ejecting means 26. Secured to the end 27 of the axle or trunnion of the roller 3 is the foot lever 28 having the extension 29 and pin 30 disposed in the slot 31 of the lever 25. A spring 32 returns the parts to normal positions after the lever 28 has been depressed. 35 indicates a ratchet and 36 a pawl with which. the axle 37 of the roller 4 is associated, so that said roller can only turn in a clockwise direction as seen in the drawings.

The operation of this machine will be clear from the foregoing, but; may be briefly summarized as follows: The two rollers 3 and 4 support the Weight of the package 22. and after one wire 40 has been secured in place, the rollers permit the bundle of tires to be rotatcdfreely to bring another point beneath the machine 18, preparatory to applying another wire 40 around the package. To accomplish this, it is convenient to rotate the package in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in Figure 2, which will cause the two rollers 3 and 4 to each rotate in a clockwise direction. Itehould be'stated that the t pe of machine 1855 well known on the mar et, is disclosed in U, .8. 'Patent #1,456,127,

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dated May 22, 1923, and is specifically called the B model wire tying machine. In this case, however, it is provided with a sheet metal attachment indicated at 4:1, to enable its bottom to more efficiently rest upon the tops of a plurality of tires, and the operation of such a machine is to hold one end of a wire 40 in the machine, while the other end thereof is passed around over the top of the bundle as seen in the drawings, through the hole formed by the tires, toward the left as seen in the drawings, up over the left hand edge of the bundle, back to the machine, whereupon the two ends are overlapped and disposed in parallel relations to each other in the slot 50 of the twister pinion 51, adapted to be driven by the intermediate gear 52 meshing with the driving pinion 53 mounted on the shaft 54 and rotated by the crank 55, all as will be clear from Figure 5. These two ends, as is well known, are next put under tension by the machine 18, and said ends are twisted together and the surplus wire cut off.

The roller 4 being provided with the pawl 36 and the ratchet 35 cannot turn in a counterlockwise direction, but the roller 3 can turn in either direction. The machine 18 is first brought down from its normal position shown in Figure 4, until it reaches the top of the bundle of tires as indicated in Figure 2, and in order to adjust the proper distance the machine should travel, the members 16 and 19 of the connection 17 are so disposed as to give a proper length between the lug 15 and the said machine 18. The lazy tongs 13 of course, are operated in the up and down movements of the machine 18, and the counterbalance weights 42 associated with said lazy tongs cause the efforts required by the operator to be a minimum. The yoke members 8 and 9 are provided with rollers 43 to enable the machine and its associated parts to slide freely along the arm 7, so as to adjust the machine to that particular position on top of the package at which its operation would be most efficient. .After the machine 18 has been thus brought into position, on top of the package as shown in Figure 2, and after the wire has been tensioned around the package and its ends secured together and cut oil, and after a suffieient number of wires 40 have been thus secured in position around the package, the machine may be lifted from the position sluiwn in Figure 3 to that shown in Figure 4. whereupon the package is ready for being ejected from the apparatus.

' In order to accomplish this, the operator places his foot upon the lever 28 and suddenly depresses the same. This causes said lever 28 to turn around its pivot 27, and the pin 30 to lift the lever 25 and thus rotate the rod 24 and the ejecting mechanism 26, which latter lifts the left hand edge. or portion of the tire package 22 as seen in the drawings, and causes the said package 22 to move toward the right as seen in the drawings, and up over the roller 4. The roller 4 being free to rotate in a clockwise direction, as seen in the drawings, the package 22 is readily removed from the machine, and rolls oil to a position not shown, whence it may be stored or shipped. The machine is now ready for a new package, and the tires may be readily brought to the supporting posts 5 and 20, and built up into a package, as will be readily understood from Figure 2, preparatory to being banded together.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore it is not desired to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims.

\Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for supporting a plurality of tires in a predetermined position; twisting means to secure a tie wire around said tires while so supported; and means to aid in ejecting said tires after the securing operation.

2. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for supporting a plurality of tires in a predetermined position; means comprising a wire tying machine to secure a tie wire around said tires while so supported; and means to facilitate the turning of said tires around their axes after a wire has been secured in position; and means to aid in removing said tires after the securing operation. 1

3. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires to be banded together in a predetermined position; means to facilitate the rotation of said tires as a uint around a common axis during the banding operation; means causing said rotation to be in a predetermined direction; and a wire tying machine adapted to band said tires together.

4. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires to be banded together in a predeter mined position; means to facilitate the retation of said tires as a unit around a common axis during the banding operation; a wire tying machine adapted to band said tires together; and means for adjustably supporting said wire tying machine in position above said tires. 1

5. In a t're packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires in a position to be banded together; twisting means for securing tie wires to said tires; and means to facilitate the rotation of the tires around a common axis after the first banding operation; and means causing said rotation to be in tion.

6. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires in a position to be banded together comprising a framework; twisting means for securing tie wires to said tires; and means comprising a roller carried by said frame work to facilitate the rotation of the tires around a common axis after the first banding operation.

7. In a tire packaging machine, the combination of means comprising a frame and a roller for holding a plurality of tires in position to be banded together; and means comprising a wire tying machine and an adjustable support for applying wires to said tires while so held.

S. In a tire packaging machine, the combination of means comprising a frame provided with an upright post and a roller for holding a plurality of tires in position to be banded together; and means comprising a wire tying machine and an adjustable support comprising lazy tongs for applying wires to said tires while so held.

9. In a wire packaging device the combination of means for holding a nlurality of tires in a predetermined position; twisting means to secure a tie wire around said tires while so held; and means to aid in removing the tires after said wire has been secured in position.

10. In a tire packa ing device, the combination of means for olding a plurality of tires to be banded together in a predetermined position; means to facilitate the rotation of said tires as a unit around a common axis during the banding operation; a wire tying machine adapted to band said tires together; and means to aid in ejecting the banded tires from the machine after the package is formed.

11. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires in a position to be banded together; means for applying and twistin tie wires to said tires; means to facilitate t e rotation of the tires around a common axis after the first banding operation; and means to aid in ejectin the tires from the device after said tie wire has been applied.

12. In a tire packaging machine the combination of means to hold a plurality of tires in positions to be banded together comprising a pair of rollers and a pair of upright posts; means comprising a wire tying machine for handing said tires while so held; and an ejecting means for removing a predetermined directhe banded tires.

13. In a tire packaging machine the conibination of means to hold a plurality of tires in positions to be banded together comprising a pair of rollers and a pair of upright posts; means comprising a wire tying machine for handing said tires while so held; a pair of lazy tongs; adjustable connections between said Wire tying machine and said lazy tongs; and an ejecting means for removing the banded tires.

In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a luralitv of tires in axial alinement; means or holding said tires in vertical positions; and a wire tying machine for banding said tires into a package.

15. In a tire packaging device the combination of means for holding a pluralit of tires in axial alinement; means for 1101 ing said tires in vertical positions; a wire tying machine for handing said tires into a package; and means to facilitate the removal of said package from the device.

16. In a tire packa ing device, the combination of means for olding a plurality of tires in axial alinemcnt preparatory to banding the same into a package; a wire twisting machine for handing said tires together; and means to facilitate the removal of said tires after the banding operation.

17. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means comprising upright osts and horizontally disposed rollers for olding a plurality of tires in axial alinement preparatory to banding the same into a package; a wire twisting machine for banding said tires together; and means to facilitate the removal of said tires after the banding operation.

18. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means for holding a plurality of tires in axial alinement preparatory to handing the same into a package; an adjustable wire twisting machine to tie said tires together; and means com rising a lever and a movable ejector operate by said lever to facilitate the removal of said tires after the banding operation.

19. In a tire packaging device, the combination of means comprising horizontal and vertical supports for holding a plurality of tires in axial alinement preparatory to handing the same into a package; an adjustable wire twisting machine to tie said tires together; and means comprising a movable ejector to facilitate the removal of said tires after the banding operation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LEROY F. HINTZ. 

